Nice sailing - only 2785 miles to go!

We've had a great 15 hours of sailing thus far. We're currently 75 miles SW of Zihuatanejo, making about 5kn more or less in the right direction. Hopefully the wind will clock around a bit from the W to the NW or N so we can make some good westward progress without getting too far south too early to stay out of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), where confused or non-existant winds and frequent thunderstorms hang out.

We left at the right time, since there usually isn't any wind along this part of the coast until you get out 400-600 miles and reach the NW tradewinds. We're riding the south end of a high pressure system off the coast of California (as far as I can tell) and have had comfortable seas and 12-14kn of wind, which is just about perfect! Hope it holds up for a few more days until we reach the reliable tradewinds!

-P